One in Three Cloud Migrations Fail Because U.S. Businesses Do Not Make Cloud Part of Their Core Strategy - First Unisys Cloud Success Barometerâ„¢
One in Three Cloud Migrations Fail Because U.S. Businesses Do Not Make Cloud Part of Their Core Strategy - First Unisys Cloud Success Barometerâ„¢ Businesses that make cloud integral part of business transformation strategy are more than three times as likely to succeed with cloud adoption |
[12-November-2019] |
BLUE BELL, Pa., Nov. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- More than one-third (37%) of American businesses say they have failed to realize notable benefits from cloud computing, largely because they have not integrated their adoption plan as a core part of their broader business transformation strategy, according to a new study by Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS).
The first Unisys Cloud Success Barometerâ„¢ study explored the impact and importance of cloud by surveying 1,000 senior IT and business leaders in 13 countries, including the U.S. Other key U.S. findings included:
"These results illustrate that cloud transformation is not just an IT issue, it's a business issue," said Raj Raman, CTO of Cloud, Unisys. "The question is how to go about adoption. As this research shows, you need to integrate cloud into your overall business strategy, which includes assessing how it can help boost revenue, gain competitive advantage, improve productivity and manage costs. Yet many businesses do not realize that reaping the benefits of cloud requires more than just a 'lift and shift and you're done' approach. You need the right framework in place at the outset, and a continual cadence of innovation and updates over time." The Future is Multi-Cloud
"Multi-cloud represents the future of cloud computing, and for obvious reasons. Organizations that adopt multi-cloud strategies can design applications to run across any public cloud platform, expanding their marketplace power," said Raman. "Additionally, a multi-cloud strategy helps organizations gain greater sovereignty over their data, spread their risk in case of downtime and increase the business's negotiating leverage – as well as offering cost savings by allowing businesses to shop rates for different service needs from multiple vendors." Looking at How Cloud is Meeting Expectations Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia Beat the U.S. When it came to where cloud was largely falling short, the survey found that organizations most frequently failed to meet expectations related to managing or reducing costs (30% said expectations were somewhat met/below expectation), improved staff productivity (29%) and increased revenue (30%). On the flip side, business leaders reported being most satisfied when it came to security (79% said their expectations were met or exceeded), and being agile to match demand (74% said their expectations were met or exceeded). Critical Paths to Cloud Success "While no cloud adoption is the same, there are several core building blocks that successful implementations share. First, organizations must do a thorough planning assessment that looks at apps and dependencies, anticipated ROI, staff training needs and security risks, and identify where outside expertise is needed. Next, they need to establish move groups, secure automated landing zones and a continuous integration/continuous delivery framework leveraging microservices, containers and DevOps. Lastly, having a cloud management portal is critical to providing end-to-end visibility for better governance and performance," said Raman. Unisys: An Experienced Hand at Original Research on Global Issues For more results and information on the 2019 Unisys Cloud Success Barometer and to download a report on the survey results, visit www.unisys.com/cloudbarometer. About Unisys Follow Unisys on Twitter and LinkedIn. RELEASE NO.: 1112/9728 Unisys and other Unisys products and services mentioned herein, as well as their respective logos, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Unisys Corporation. Any other brand or product referenced herein is acknowledged to be a trademark or registered trademark of its respective holder. UIS-C View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/one-in-three-cloud-migrations-fail-because-us-businesses-do-not-make-cloud-part-of-their-core-strategy--first-unisys-cloud-success-barometer-300955699.html SOURCE Unisys Corporation | ||
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